0014: Cavalry of this era

Blue sky, white clouds, clear water, loess, lush woods, green weeds. I don't know why, the moment Li Yi stepped out of Jiuyuan County with Li Yan, Li Yi even felt that the air he breathed carried a charming fragrance.

Li Yan led the horse and stood outside the city gate, quietly watching Li Yi walking back and forth not far away, he did not urge, but was very happy in his heart, because he finally found that his son still had a childlike side.

It's a pity that this innocence in Li Yan's eyes didn't last long, and soon Li Yi returned to normal, walked up to Li Yan and said respectfully, "The child has lost his temper, please forgive my father." ”

"Huh...... Scold...... Ayi. A child who is only 3 years old should look like a 3-year-old......" Li Yan looked at Li Yipi and said with a smile.

"Boy understands, Father, let's go." Li Yi responded respectfully, and then said nothing.

In this regard, Li Yan could only helplessly pick up Li Yi on the horse, and then turned over and drove all the way to Jizhou. galloping all the way, Li Yan originally thought that Li Yi would ask him a lot of words, but he didn't expect that Li Yi just looked left and right at the beginning, and then kept looking at the horse under his crotch.

Seeing this, Li Yan suddenly thought of something, and immediately asked funny, "Ayi, do you want to learn to ride a horse?" His tone was full of temptation, as if he was expecting Li Yi to beg him to teach him how to ride a horse.

It's just a pity that Li Yi shook his head directly when he heard Li Yan's words, "The child's body is too small now, and it is not suitable for learning to ride a horse." ”

A simple declarative sentence suddenly made Li Yan's intuitive heart feel sullen, "Alas, sure enough, the prodigy is the most unlovely!" Li Yan thought depressedly.

But at this moment, Li Yi suddenly asked again, "Father, when those cavalry in the county seat are on horseback, are they all like you?" ”

"Huh?" Li Yan scratched his head when he heard this, his face was full of question marks, obviously he didn't understand what Li Yi meant.

Seeing this, Li Yi pointed to Li Yan's legs on both sides of the horse's belly and asked again, "Are they as chic and neat as their father when they get on the horse?" ”

"Haha~ Of course it's impossible!" When Li Yan heard Li Yi's praise, he immediately said proudly, "Not to mention the riding skills of my father in Jiuyuan County, even if it is placed in the entire state, there are few people who can be stronger than my father!" Including those who grew up on horseback! ”

"Well, what do you do when you charge on horseback?" Li Yiyan asked again.

"Haha~ You still say you don't want to learn? You kid, please teach you for your father~" Li Yan laughed again when he heard this, obviously in his heart, Li Yi meant that he wanted to learn to ride a horse, but he didn't want to ask someone to find an excuse.

"Ask Father to teach the child to ride a horse." When Li Yi heard this, he sighed helplessly and said. This tone made Li Yan's laughter stop abruptly, because with his tone, it seemed that he was the child, and Li Yi was the father, and finally relented because of his vexatious trouble.

"Alas, are the prodigies of other families like this? Look for a chance to ask. Li Yan secretly made up his mind in his heart, and said with a little stiffness on his lips, "Since Ayi asks for his father so much, then his father will naturally give him his advice!" ”

Subsequently, Li Yan taught Li Yi what he knew about riding, although because of Li Yi's figure, he couldn't practice, but Li Yan believed that his prodigy son could definitely learn riding with these words.

Well, it seems that parents in the world are always the most confident in their children, but Li Yan is obviously wrong, at least with these flowers, Li Yi has a concept of riding at most. Although he is a traverser, he was just a ** in his previous life, in fact, even if it is an abacus, he also asks others to do it. After all, although that thing doesn't have any technical content, but you let Li Yi do carpenter work? I'm sorry, but he really can't.

In fact, Li Yi is like this in terms of reading and practicing martial arts, which seems to be very powerful, but it is only because of the comprehension ability of adults. If you really want to compare...... Well, Li Yi of the same age can indeed hang Lu Bu. Although Li Yi had never practiced martial arts in his previous life, Li Yi himself did not understand why his martial arts training would be so smooth in this life. Perhaps, this body itself is a martial arts wizard?

After getting Li Yan's assurance, after going back, he found a pony for Li Yi to practice riding, and Li Yan fell into deep thought. He was thinking of nothing else, it was one of the indispensable suits of the future cavalry, the bilateral stirrups!

From Li Yan's narration, Li Yi knew that this era was not without stirrups, but it was not so much stirrups as footsteps. Because this kind of thing is generally only used for getting on horses, when riding horses and galloping to fight, the rider relies more on the strength of his legs and the saddle under his butt to fix himself.

Ha? How do you play mounted archery without stirrups? How do you hold a knife in both hands? Hawkers~ This is obviously no problem at all, in fact, the biggest role of modern bilateral stirrups is not fixed, but to save physical strength. You must know that although there is a saddle, the fatigue of riding a horse for a long time is very great. For example, no matter how suitable the horse is, there will be a sense of bumps when traveling, and modern people can't stand it after two or three hits, let alone the cavalry of this era.

With bilateral stirrups, one can step on the stirrups while walking, thus reducing bumps and fatigue. At the same time, when fighting, having a stirrup is equivalent to having a point of focus, which can undoubtedly make the power of immediate combat greater.

Of course, for Li Yi, he doesn't know too much about the specific role and effect of stirrups, the only thing he knows is that bilateral stirrups are the standard configuration of cavalry, since there is none, let's get it! Well, this kid seems to have tasted the benefits of the invention? But all this obviously has to wait until after returning to Jiuyuan County.

In this era, going far away, especially a cross-state trip from Bingzhou to Jizhou like Li Yan, is a very difficult thing. Even if you don't encounter robbers, it's very dangerous to rest in the wild. After all, in this era, there are not too many beasts.

However, if there is only Li Yan, it may not take him half a month to arrive in Handan, Zhao State, but there is one more Li Yi, which makes Li Yan always plan well when he moves forward, ensuring that he can rush to the next county seat before dark. As a result, the speed is undoubtedly much slower. It wasn't until about a month later that Li Yan and the others arrived in Handan.

"Haha! Yichang, you are here, since I know that you are the one to teach, Ah Liang is looking forward to you every day~" Yan Lei laughed when he saw Li Yan. After speaking, he looked at Li Yi beside Li Yan again, and suddenly asked with a strange expression, "Is he Ayi?" ”